Przypkowscy Clock Museum ( pl, Państwowe Muzeum im. Przypkowskich w Jędrzejowie) is a

clock A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month and t ...

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

in Jędrzejów,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. The museum is focused on sundials and optical astronomical instruments. The museum began as a clock collection of the Przypkowski family, and was made public in 1909. Since 1962 it is a state-run museum. The museum collection is world-famous, and is considered third in the world in the terms of number and worth of items displayed, after the Chicago Planetaria and

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. In addition to clocks, the museum also has exhibitions related to history of

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and

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